Improvement in glove-electrodes



J. S. MO-REL. Glove-Electrode No 206,474. Patent-ed- July- 30,.1878.

WITNESSES:

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JAMES S. MOREL, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN GLOVE-ELECTRODES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,474, dated July 30,1878; application filed June 12, 1878.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JAMES S. MOREL, of Savannah, in the county ofGhatham and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Electrodes, of which the following is a specification:

My invention is particularly intended for use in the healing art; and itconsists, essentially, in a novel mode of connecting a magnote-electriccurrent with a glove to be worn on the hand, and in certain details ofconstruction and arrangementof devices employed in forming theconnection, whereby provision is made for applying such current to anyportion of the body of a patient which can be reached by the hand ofeither the patient individually or the medical or other attendant. Incarrying out my invention I employ a glove provided with metallicconductors, either wires or chains, extending from a metallic surface onthe dorsal aspect of the glove, passing over the backs of the fingers,and terminating at another metallic surface on the palmar face of thelast phalanx of each finger.

In some cases the glove may be of mitten form, and the metallic surfaceon the palmar face may be provided with a coating or covering of sponge,attached to said metallic surface. In all cases provision is made forconneeting the metallic surface with the pole of a battery.

The accompanying drawing illustrates a mode of carrying out myinvention, which I call a glove-electrode.

Figure 1 represents a back view of a glove provided with metallicsurfaces and conductors, as referred to; and Fig. 2, a face view of thesame. Figs. 3 and 4 are face views of mittens provided with metallicsurfaces covered with sponge. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a group ofmetallic surfaces and conductors.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The gloves maybe made of any suitable material, preferably of somesubstance impervious to water when sponges are to be employed.

The conductors vmay be made of either straight or coiled wire ormetallic chains, and the metallic surfaces may be either plates ofbrass-foil or other metal; or they may consist of net-work or of coiledwire formed into flattened masses.

The material of which the gloves are made should be a non-conductor ofelectricity; or,- if the gloves are not made of non-conduct n gmaterial, the metallic surfaces and wires should be properly insulated.

The Wires may be arranged between the huin g and the outer surface ofthe glove; or they may be arranged on the outside and covered by stripsof suitable material.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, A represents a glove provided withmetallic surfaces B, O, and D and conducting-wires E and F. Theconductors shown in said figures are of coiled wire, and the metallicsurfaces are each formed of coiled wire, arranged in a flattened mass.The metallic surface B is attached to the back of the glove, and isprovided with an eye, I), for connection with one of the poles of thebattery. From this surface B the conducting-wires E diverge, and,extending along the backs of the fingers and over the tips thereof,terminate in metallic surfaces 0 on the palmar faces of said fingers.The metallic surface D is placed on the palmar aspect of the thumb, andthe conducting-wire F, extending from it, is provided with an eye, 1'',for connection with the other pole of the battery.

A pair of gloves, armed as above described, are placed upon the hands ofthe medical or other attendant, and connection is made with the poles ofa magneto-electric battery. Then, on applying the hands to the person ofa pa tient, the circuit is closed and the shock is communicated. WVhentwo such gloves are used, the connection with the battery is made bymeans of the eyes on the backs of the gloves. When only one glove isused, one pole is con nected with the eye b, and the other pole isconnected with the eyef, and the circuit is closed when the thumb andone or more of the fingers are applied to the person of the patient.

- In Fig. 3 of the drawing, Gr represents a glove of mitten form,provided with a metallic surface, H, of foil or sheet form, from whichextends a conducting-wire, J, provided with an eye, k, for connectionwith one pole of the battery. The metallic surface 11 is covered withsponge I, attached to it b means of shellac,

sealing-wax, or other suitable adhesive substance insoluble in water.

In. Fig. 4, (l represents a similar glove provided with a similarmetallic surface, H cov' ered with sponge 1 and having a conductingwire,J provided with an eye, k for connection with the other pole of thebattery. A pair of gloves thus armed are placed on the hands, andconnection made with the battery. The sponges being moistened, the handsare applied to the person of the patient, when the circuit is closed andthe shock communicated. The glove G is also shown as having its thumbprovided with a metallic surface, M, covered with sponge N, and having aconductin g-wire, P, provided with an eye, 19, for connection with theother pole of the battery. By this means provision is made for the useof a single glove, in which case one of the poles is connected with theeye W, and the other pole with the eye 1). The sponges being moistenedand the hand applied to the person, or a limb or other part of theperson being grasped between the sponges 1 and N, the circuit is closedand the shock is communicated.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing, R represents a metallic plate for attachmentto the back of the glove, being provided with an eye, 1', for connectionwith the pole of the battery. From the plate R extend fourconducting-wires, S, which terminate in plates T, for attachment to thefingers of the glove. This form may be used instead of the form shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

The gloves which are provided with sponge may have fine wires, arrangedin such a manner that when the sponge is compressed the Wires will formsmall loops, which may then be cut, so as to form additional points forincreasing the power of the electrode.

The sponge-surfaces may be as large as desired, and where only one poleis used they may be made to cover the whole palm.

The glove-electrode constructed as above described may be used inconnection with a magneto-electric battery of any ordinary description;or it may be used in connection with a small portable battery speciallyconstructed for the purpose, and adapted to be strapped to the arm orattached to or carried on some suitable portion of the person of theoperator.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A glove-electrode consisting of a glove provided with metallicsurfaces and conducting-wires, and with means for connecting it with amagneto-electric apparatus, substantiallyas herein described.

2. A glove or mitten provided with metallic surfaces andconducting-Wires, and having said metallic surfaces covered or coatedwith sponge, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

3. A glove or mitten provided with metallic surfaces andconducting-wires, in combination with a magneto-electric battery,substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

JAMES SEAGROVE MOREL. Witnesses i J No. R. DILLON, J AS. J. MCGOWAN.

